tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6042275236459565919..comments2015-03-03T05:16:28.008-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: UruguayZephirinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-31505362677298579412010-12-08T16:44:39.638-08:002010-12-08T16:44:39.638-08:00Tom,
Thanks for note, &quot;almost half Japanese&...Tom,<br /><br />Thanks for note, &quot;almost half Japanese&quot; indeed -- and raining all day here, still now as it grows dark, &quot;golden glow&quot; never quite made its appearance today (alas). . . .<br /><br /><br />12.8<br /><br />grey of rain cloud in front of invisible<br />ridge, red-tailed hawk calling on branch<br />in foreground, sound of waves in channel<br /><br /> line of a thing if put, pen<br /> and ink on wove paper<br /><br /> that is not this, what part<br /> showing what, thought<br /><br />silver of sunlight reflected in channel,<br />cloudless blue sky to the left of pointSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-4382819914911305732010-12-08T09:40:11.867-08:002010-12-08T09:40:11.867-08:00Got it. Thank you both (all).Got it. Thank you both (all).ACravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00315707533118640284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-48471415072274565692010-12-08T05:31:21.464-08:002010-12-08T05:31:21.464-08:00Many thanks, Diego, for helping out with the recla...Many thanks, Diego, for helping out with the reclamation project.<br /><br />(The sea, as Mario Benedetti says, is always sending us these &quot;unreadable messages&quot;...)TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-29008973518937665662010-12-08T05:25:37.781-08:002010-12-08T05:25:37.781-08:00curtisroberts, the object protruding from the back...curtisroberts, the object protruding from the back are more remains of the same wrecked ship which command bridge ruins serve as &#39;Darth&#39;s Vader&#39;s mask&#39;Diegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16248858055758717748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-68915708263939426732010-12-08T04:56:47.768-08:002010-12-08T04:56:47.768-08:00Steve,
Thanks for bringing some outline into the ...Steve,<br /><br />Thanks for bringing some outline into the predawn obscurity (getting ready to rain again here):<br /><br />pink cloud in pale blue sky above still<br />black trees, silver of planet by branch<br />__<br /><br />grey-white clouds against top of ridge,<br />shadowed green pine on tip of sandspit <br /><br />__<br /><br />(Almost &quot;half Japanese&quot; -- ?)TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-16928154307267076222010-12-08T04:51:14.760-08:002010-12-08T04:51:14.760-08:00Curtis,
The lines between the photos are mine, in...Curtis,<br /><br />The lines between the photos are mine, inspired by the Diego Landro photos.<br /><br />Darth Vader was Julia&#39;s contribution.<br /><br />The spirit of this small text bears some (oblique, tangential, in my mind only) relation to a particular film, the wonderful deadpan comedy Whiskey (2004), made and set in Uruguay.<br /><br />My text, it should be made plain, is NOT a translation from Benedetti, and his ghost should thus be spared any and all blame that may ever attach to it as a result of a few of his lines having drifted ashore here, beneath my text.<br /><br />Benedetti&#39;s poem El Mar, of which I&#39;ve quoted a snippet as epilogue to the post, is a series of questions about the unreadable messages and insoluble questions put to us by the sea. I&#39;ve quoted the final stanza, which seemed so essentially rooted in the poetic of the Spanish language that I thought it best to refrain from marring the enigmatic quality with an English pony, but as it seems this omission has given rise to confusion... the gist of those lines is something like: [these questions] will probably never have answers, but we will go on asking, what&#39;s the adventure of the sea, what&#39;s its fascination, what is this enigma that remains at once nearer and farther than the horizon...?TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-35619312253241342372010-12-08T04:12:05.631-08:002010-12-08T04:12:05.631-08:00What a remarkable encounter between photographs an...What a remarkable encounter between photographs and a poem. It&#39;s wonderful how Benedetti has annexed the universal (I guess that&#39;s an appropriate word) Darth Vader image, coordinated and aligned it with the words about the Aztec ballplayer, which a non-South or Latin American would have difficulty doing with any credibility. I wonder what the object is protruding from the ocean surface in the lower photograph? Having Steve&#39;s poem as an adjunct to the Benedetti is wonderful and both actually warm up this very, very chilly morning in the Delaware Valley.curtisrobertshttp://curtisroberts.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-7537979615131328732010-12-07T07:53:13.842-08:002010-12-07T07:53:13.842-08:00Tom,
Ah, Uruguay -- &quot;and to be gradually imm...Tom,<br /><br />Ah, Uruguay -- &quot;and to be gradually immersed in it all&quot; . . . .<br /><br /><br />12.7<br /><br />pink cloud in pale blue sky above still<br />black trees, silver of planet by branch<br />in foreground, wave sounding in channel<br /><br /> vision adjusted, horizontal<br /> surface of picture of<br /><br /> flatness, sensation of what<br /> is meant, is there in<br /><br />grey-white clouds against top of ridge,<br />shadowed green pine on tip of sandspitSTEPHEN RATCLIFFEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339481653546188412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-58503349390142807942010-12-07T06:06:27.590-08:002010-12-07T06:06:27.590-08:00Estoy muy feliz de que usted y Diego han encontrad...Estoy muy feliz de que usted y Diego han encontrado que estas piedritas en la playa!<br /><br />Muchas gracias de nuevo por las fotos grandes.<br /><br />Y gracias también por ayudarnos con la ortografía (viejos ojos, letra pequeña ...)TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-5484679901643148422010-12-07T05:40:52.701-08:002010-12-07T05:40:52.701-08:00¡Qué buen uso de las fotos de Diego!
He liked your...¡Qué buen uso de las fotos de Diego!<br />He liked your post very much :-)<br /><br />(Sólo una corrección su apellido es Landro con &quot;o&quot; al final)Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419101761966668410noreply@blogger.com